- Date
- January 3, 1971
- Place
- 100mi E.Of Kc, MO · 100MI E.OF KC, MO
- Injuries
- 1 serious, 4 minor, 114 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N8967UDouglas DC-8
- Status
- Completed · report July 5, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 159462
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-0028 71/1/3 100MI E.OF KC,MO DOUGLAS DC-8 CR- 0 0 10 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0535 N8967U PX- 0 1108 55, 23465 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 2425 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. OPERATOR - UNITED AIR LINES,INC. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HONOLULU,HAWAII BALTIMORE,MD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEAT BELT SIGN OFF WEATHER - TURBULENCE IN FLIGHT,CLEAR AIR WEATHER BRIEFING - COMPANY DISPATCH WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE OVERCAST UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS NONE VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN IFR REMARKS- ENCTRD FCST CAT AT FLT LVL 370 100 MI E OF KC,MO.CAPT HAD CKD OTR FLTS AND CNTRS,NO TURBC RPRTD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8967U
- Reported as
- Douglas DC-8
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage